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You’d think the most expensive part would be the quark-gluon plasma chamber, but it’s actually usually the tube to the top of the atmosphere to carry the cosmic rays down.
Well said. But… I gotta ask…
sincerely, a professional vibe-checker (like, actually).
Yeah? Does that mean some degree of hiring manager?
The joke about adding well water back in again at the end is “correct”. Reverse osmosis removes 100% of the solids from the water, but drinking water usually contains small quantities of solids - you can see a breakdown on the label of some bottled water. Completely pure water would leach all of the solids that have built up on the insides of water pipes over the decades, and leaches away the protective oxide layer from metal pipework, causing it to corrode surprisingly rapidly. It also tastes pretty shitty - kind of “dead”. So a small amount of high-solids water is mixed back in after RO to bring the water back to normal levels.
All that other shit in the diagram? No. Purification and treatment takes place after the mixing step, it would be crazy not to.
It is a joke image.
But also yes. Pure water tastes awful. I’m one of those “super” tasters and I used to work for a water filtration company. Lemme say… what people think they want and what they actually want are often two different things.
now you made me want to try it lol, where can I get ‘dead’ water? is distilled water the same thing?
Water taste is subjective. I absolutely hate the taste of high-mineral water and love pure water. RO or distilled water tastes absolutely amazing to me.
Least convoluted factorio seablock recipe
I’m going to refer to lakes as “cosmic ray sterilization basins” from now on.
Another article tag on explaixkcd that makes you go hmm 🤔😄
WATER. JUST PLAIN WATER. NOTHING DONE TO IT, JUST PLAIN WATER. POSSIBLY DRINKABLE. - Do NOT delete this tag too soon.
They always have fun with the “attribution” of that incomplete explanation tag for new comics 😄